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You've come to the right place for music entertainment! RuffWater Band is Gigmaster's #1 rated band in the Southeast and is consistently rated in the top 5 bands nationwide. Pretty cool considering Gigmaster's is the largest online booking site on the Internet!

The band has played hundreds of club dates, private parties, festivals, weddings, and corporate events all along the southeast from i ...
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You've come to the right place for music entertainment! RuffWater Band is Gigmaster's #1 rated band in the Southeast and is consistently rated in the top 5 bands nationwide. Pretty cool considering Gigmaster's is the largest online booking site on the Internet!

The band has played hundreds of club dates, private parties, festivals, weddings, and corporate events all along the southeast from its home base near Mobile, Alabama as far as Jacksonville, Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis, Houston and New Orleans.

In 2006, RuffWater placed second in a competition of over 60 bands nationwide at the Hog Wild Bar-B-Q and Blues Festival in Alabama. In 2007 the band was chosen as the headline musical act for the 30th Annual Azalea Trail Run Festival in Mobile where they performed in front of an audience of over 7,000 people. Due to the overwhelming response, the band was chosen to headline the festival for two more consecutive years (2008 - 2009). No other regional band has ever been afforded that opportunity!

Also in 2009, RuffWater was chosen as a headline act for the Foley (AL) Bar-B-Q and Blues Festival and in 2010 played the Pensacola (FL) Seafood Festival. To start out 2012, RuffWater was the closing headline act for the Orange Beach Music and Art Festival in Orange Beach, Alabama! In addition, RuffWater has been chosen by the Alabama-China Partnership (ACP) as its corporate band for all ACP functions statewide in 2012-2013 and will be traveling to China in 2013 to perform as a guest act for the ACP.

In addition to its high-energy show, RuffWater is known for the ability to play a variety of musical styles from 1960's rock, soul, blues and R&B all the way to the sounds of today's most popular pop, rock, and blues bands.

The band has opened for a number of nationally known performers like Jimmie Van Zant, David Allan Coe, Billy Preston, Wet Willie, and Percy Sledge just to name a few.

Come in and check us out and you'll see why RuffWater Band is the band for your special event!

And over 200 other classic rock and blues hits to keep you dancing all night long!! -

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80s Band

90s Band

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Honky Tonk Band

Southern Rock Band

Acoustic Band

Concert Band

Original Band

Indie Rock Band

Roots Band

Wedding Band

Featured Review

Wedding Reception - 3/1/2014

We couldn't have picked a better band for our wedding reception! Ruffwater was easy to work with before and even better when they got on the stage. The songs they played got everyone up and dancing, including my 82 year old grandparents, and they ne...
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Reviews(49)

Wedding Reception
in Jackson, MS on
3/1/2014

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We couldn't have picked a better band for our wedding reception! Ruffwater was easy to work with before and even better when they got on the stage. The songs they played got everyone up and dancing, including my 82 year old grandparents, and they never sat down. They even got my dad and step mom dancing, and they had never danced together before. If you have the opportunity, book Ruffwater! You won't regret it!

- Dee B

Corporate Function
in New Orleans, LA on
11/6/2010

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They were great right from the start. They communicated right away and we started talking about my needs for the event. They went over the style of music and asked if there were certain songs we wanted. They put a play list together, followed up with the event planners and get to the event early and were set up and sound checked well before the gig. They made a huge affort to connect with the audience and were great performers which pulled the crowd right in. We loved their look and they worked their butts off with only short breaks and gave 100% right to the last song. I will re3commend tham and will rehire if we ever need a band again.

- Bill A

Club Event
in Starkville, MS on
9/28/2013

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I would highly recommend Ruffwater Band to anyone looking to have a professional band that is so easy to work with, that delivers an excellent performance!!!! What more can you ask for? Their music is great and fun to both listen and dance the night away. They will definitely stay on our club's list to hire again in the future!